The Hybrid Teacher. Emma Pass

your state representatives to request additional funding to public education, specifically to address the digital divide.

       Donate to ConnectHomeUSA.org, a company working to bridge the digital divide in government assisted housing, or to DonorsChoose.org, where you can provide resources directly to teachers and classrooms nationwide.

I have done my best to explore practical and tangible options for addressing access to technology in the section “Access to Technology” in Chapter 14.

      With great hope and effort, we will achieve digital access equity in our country.

      Teach on,

      Emma

RESOURCES

      Items in bold in the text are listed here in the Resources.

      2016 Arizona State University study on educational technology—http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED577147.pdf.

Chapter 1 Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning

       I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.

       —Albert Einstein

      When we talk about teaching and learning, especially in the context of a digital learning environment, we are typically thinking about it in one of two ways:

	Synchronous Learning Teaching and learning occur together, simultaneously. This can happen in-person or online.
	Asynchronous Learning Students access learning at different times and work through it at their own pace.

      Synchronous learning is what typically happens in a traditional brick-and-mortar school; it's what we think of when we hear “teaching.” The teacher stands in front of the class and delivers instruction, and the students receive the information simultaneously. Then students practice and apply their learning within the time constraints of the class period.

      However, it's important to note that synchronous learning can also be conducted remotely over a video conferencing platform like Zoom or Google Meet in a remote or hybrid learning scenario.

      In contrast, asynchronous learning is typically prebuilt and posted for students on a learning management system (LMS) to access within the time constraints of a day, week, or unit.

      Many 100% online schools are entirely asynchronous, where students have access to the entirety of their prebuilt course work, unit, or module, and they work through it at their own pace.

      Hybrid schools often use a combination of both. Our PSD Global Academy (PGA) middle school schedule, for example, follows this system for delivering instruction:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Remote Asynchronous	On-Campus Synchronous	Remote or On-Campus Asynchronous	On-Campus Synchronous	Remote Asynchronous

      However, there are other methods for delivering synchronous/asynchronous instruction that you can read about in The Administrators' Appendix. These examples are found in schools that are attempting to teach synchronously to students who are both in the classroom and at home by livestreaming their lessons (concurrent instruction).

      I believe there are benefits to both synchronous and asynchronous instruction, and both should be adopted as instruction methods regardless of whether you're full-time brick and mortar, hybrid, or remote.